Finger ring



Oct. 29, 1935.

M. MANNE 2,019,053

FINGER RING Filed July 10, 1955 INVENTOR 236 manna I NEY Patented Oct.29, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to an improvement in finger rings, and has forits object the provision of means whereby several rings when worntogether on the same finger will fit together in cooperativerelationship and design to provide the effect of a single ring. Such anarrangement as herein contemplated is particularly adaptable forengagement and wedding rings which are customarily worn in juxtapositionon the same finger. By providing both of these rings with cooperatingcontacting faces whereby a smooth, even and close fitting contact of thetwo rings is assured, and by providing both rings with cooperatingengraved or carved design elements, the two rings will form an ensemblevery closely resembling a single ring. Many interesting and attractiveeffects can be thus provided by the use of different designs and shapes,the several ring members used being in each case closely associated incontiguous relationship and having flush upper surfaces to provide theeffect of a single ring when worn in juxtaposition on the same finger.The two ring members employed are of such shape and design that whenworn independently of one another, they are easily recognizable asengagement and wedding rings.

In the accompanying drawing wherein a preferred embodiment of theinvention is shown, Fig. 1 is a plan view of a ring assembly made inaccordance with this invention; Fig. 2'is a side elevation of the same;Fig. 3 is an edge view of the two ring members in spaced relationship;Fig. 4 is a side view of the wedding ring member; and Fig. 5 is asimilar view of the engagement ring member.

As will be clearly seen in Figs. 1 and 3, the ring is composed of twoseparate annular ring members designated at 6 and 'I. The part shown at6 is made in the shape of an engagement ring and is easily recognizableas such, and is in the illustrative design shown, provided with acentral setting 8 surrounded by a table portion 9 set with stones orotherwise embellished. Said engagement ring 6 is provided with designelements,

as for example the scroll l0 and portion II. It is also so shaped thatits setting is substantially oil-set so that it is provided with atleast one smooth, flat face I2.

The wedding ring member shown at 1 contains similar co-operating designelements such as the table portion I3, the scroll I4, similar to thatshown at In on the engagement ring portion, and part l5 similar to thatshown at l l on the engagement ring member. The wedding ring member isprovided with at least one flat side or face [6 similar to that shown at12 on the engagement ring portion.

In Fig. l the two rings are shown in the manner in which they are placedtogether and worn on the same finger. It will be seen that when therings 6 and I are so placed, their respective flat sides l2 and I6 liein contact with one another. 5

These sides or faces I2 and I6 are smooth and flat and when the two ringportions 6 and 'l are placed together, the perceptibility of the jointbetween them, indicated at I! in Fig. 1, is greatly decreased, and thesimulation of a single ring is 10 provided. This efiect is greatlyenhanced by the fact that both ring members 6 and I of the ring beardesign elements, raised, carved or otherwise produced, which lie flushwhen the two ring members in together to form a unitary design. 15 Theshank portions l8 and [9 of the respective ring parts 6 and l are alsoso shaped that when the two parts are placed together, the effect alsoof a single shank is produced.

While the two ring elements 6 and 'l are adapti0 ed to be Worn togetherto provide the efiect 01 a single ring, they are so designed and formedthat they can be worn separately without presenting the efiect of anincomplete design and they are independently recognizable as engagementand 3 wedding ring respectively. A purchaser may accordingly, at onetime purchase the engagement ring portion 6 of the ring, and at a laterdate purchase the wedding ring portion 1, and the two parts when worntogether will match, will lie flush, and will produce the effect of asingle ring.

While I have shown the rings of a certain design, it will be obviousthat the design elements borne thereon are merely illustrative and amula5 tiplicity of other designs may be used to create the sameimpression, that is, of a single ring, when the two ring elements areworn in juxtaposition on the same finger.

What I claim is: 40

A finger ring consisting of several annular ring members, one of whichis shaped and independently recognizable as a wedding ring and the othershaped to represent an engagement ring, the wedding ring having themajor portion of its 45 top lying flush with the greater portion of thetop of the engagement ring, both ring members having at least one flatside so that they may be placed together in fiat abutment, the ringmem-- bers each bearing design elements, the design 50 elements on oneof the ring members co-operating and lying flush with those on the otherto form the effect of a single ring when the two ring elements are wornon the same finger with their flat faces in abutment. 55

MOE MANNE.

